Genetic Sharing with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Diabetes Reveals Novel Bone Mineral Density Loci.

Bone Mineral Density (BMD) is a highly heritable trait, but genome-wide association studies have identified few genetic risk factors. Epidemiological studies suggest associations between BMD and several traits and diseases, but the nature of the suggestive comorbidity is still unknown. We used a nov...

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Main Authors: Sjur Reppe, Yunpeng Wang, Wesley K Thompson, Linda K McEvoy, Andrew J Schork, Verena Zuber, Marissa LeBlanc, Francesco Bettella, Ian G Mills, Rahul S Desikan, Srdjan Djurovic, Kaare M Gautvik, Anders M Dale, Ole A Andreassen, GEFOS Consortium
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144531
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author Sjur Reppe
Yunpeng Wang
Wesley K Thompson
Linda K McEvoy
Andrew J Schork
Verena Zuber
Marissa LeBlanc
Francesco Bettella
Ian G Mills
Rahul S Desikan
Srdjan Djurovic
Kaare M Gautvik
Anders M Dale
Ole A Andreassen
GEFOS Consortium
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Yunpeng Wang
Wesley K Thompson
Linda K McEvoy
Andrew J Schork
Verena Zuber
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Francesco Bettella
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Rahul S Desikan
Srdjan Djurovic
Kaare M Gautvik
Anders M Dale
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GEFOS Consortium
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description Bone Mineral Density (BMD) is a highly heritable trait, but genome-wide association studies have identified few genetic risk factors. Epidemiological studies suggest associations between BMD and several traits and diseases, but the nature of the suggestive comorbidity is still unknown. We used a novel genetic pleiotropy-informed conditional False Discovery Rate (FDR) method to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with BMD by leveraging cardiovascular disease (CVD) associated disorders and metabolic traits. By conditioning on SNPs associated with the CVD-related phenotypes, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, high density lipoprotein, low density lipoprotein, triglycerides and waist hip ratio, we identified 65 novel independent BMD loci (26 with femoral neck BMD and 47 with lumbar spine BMD) at conditional FDR < 0.01. Many of the loci were confirmed in genetic expression studies. Genes validated at the mRNA levels were characteristic for the osteoblast/osteocyte lineage, Wnt signaling pathway and bone metabolism. The results provide new insight into genetic mechanisms of variability in BMD, and a better understanding of the genetic underpinnings of clinical comorbidity.
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spelling doaj-art-9a6faae547154700a766db86778b49e12025-08-20T02:22:40ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-011012e014453110.1371/journal.pone.0144531Genetic Sharing with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Diabetes Reveals Novel Bone Mineral Density Loci.Sjur ReppeYunpeng WangWesley K ThompsonLinda K McEvoyAndrew J SchorkVerena ZuberMarissa LeBlancFrancesco BettellaIan G MillsRahul S DesikanSrdjan DjurovicKaare M GautvikAnders M DaleOle A AndreassenGEFOS ConsortiumBone Mineral Density (BMD) is a highly heritable trait, but genome-wide association studies have identified few genetic risk factors. Epidemiological studies suggest associations between BMD and several traits and diseases, but the nature of the suggestive comorbidity is still unknown. We used a novel genetic pleiotropy-informed conditional False Discovery Rate (FDR) method to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with BMD by leveraging cardiovascular disease (CVD) associated disorders and metabolic traits. By conditioning on SNPs associated with the CVD-related phenotypes, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, high density lipoprotein, low density lipoprotein, triglycerides and waist hip ratio, we identified 65 novel independent BMD loci (26 with femoral neck BMD and 47 with lumbar spine BMD) at conditional FDR < 0.01. Many of the loci were confirmed in genetic expression studies. Genes validated at the mRNA levels were characteristic for the osteoblast/osteocyte lineage, Wnt signaling pathway and bone metabolism. The results provide new insight into genetic mechanisms of variability in BMD, and a better understanding of the genetic underpinnings of clinical comorbidity.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144531
spellingShingle Sjur Reppe
Yunpeng Wang
Wesley K Thompson
Linda K McEvoy
Andrew J Schork
Verena Zuber
Marissa LeBlanc
Francesco Bettella
Ian G Mills
Rahul S Desikan
Srdjan Djurovic
Kaare M Gautvik
Anders M Dale
Ole A Andreassen
GEFOS Consortium
Genetic Sharing with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Diabetes Reveals Novel Bone Mineral Density Loci.
PLoS ONE
title Genetic Sharing with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Diabetes Reveals Novel Bone Mineral Density Loci.
title_full Genetic Sharing with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Diabetes Reveals Novel Bone Mineral Density Loci.
title_fullStr Genetic Sharing with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Diabetes Reveals Novel Bone Mineral Density Loci.
title_full_unstemmed Genetic Sharing with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Diabetes Reveals Novel Bone Mineral Density Loci.
title_short Genetic Sharing with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Diabetes Reveals Novel Bone Mineral Density Loci.
title_sort genetic sharing with cardiovascular disease risk factors and diabetes reveals novel bone mineral density loci
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144531
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